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Climate change damage (or, more correctly, impact) functions relate variations in temperature (or other climate variables) to economic impacts in various dimensions, and are at the basis of quantitative modeling exercises for the assessment of climate change policies. This document provides a...
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Weather risk and incomplete insurance markets are significant contributors to poverty for rural households in developing countries. Weather index insurance has emerged as a possible tool for overcoming these challenges. This paper provides evidence on the impact of weather index insurance from a...
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gas regulation. The most important factor driving second-generation valuation is greenhouse gas regulation, which more …
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Climate change and climate policies will affect poverty reduction efforts through direct and immediate impacts on the poor and by affecting factors that condition poverty reduction, such as economic growth. This paper explores this relation between climate change and policies and poverty...
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This paper covers three policy-relevant aspects of the carbon content of electricity that are well established among integrated assessment models but under-discussed in the policy debate. First, climate stabilization at any level from 2 to 3?C requires electricity to be almost carbon-free by the...
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This paper studies the optimal transition from existing coal power plants to gas and renewable power under a carbon budget. It solves a model of polluting, exhaustible resources with capacity constraints and adjustment costs (to build coal, gas, and renewable power plants). It finds that optimal...
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This paper studies a dynamic game where each of two large blocs, of fossil fuel importers and exporters respectively, sets either taxes or quotas to exercise power in fossil-fuel markets. The main novel feature is the inclusion of a "fringe" of non- strategic (emerging and developing) countries...
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strategies: a regulation of all emissions with a carbon price and a regulation of emissions embedded in new capital only, using … capital-based instruments such as investment regulation, differentiation of capital costs, or a carbon tax with temporary …
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future carbon regulation, and (ii) what countries can do to mitigate some of the potential negative effects of these … regulatory changes on employment. In many aspects, the nature of the shock associated with climate regulation is similar to that … adaptability of employment to carbon regulation. Since the economy takes time to adjust, policy-makers will need to ensure that the …
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How should Tajikistan adapt to ongoing and future climate change, in particular given the many pressing development challenges it currently faces? The paper argues that for developing countries like Tajikistan, faster economic and social development is the best possible defense against climate...
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